"Some of the food in Liquor is food I've really eaten filtered through a veil of fiction."

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Poppy Z. Brite

#Fiction Quotes #Veils Quotes #Liquor Quotes

“Why is it that all cars are women?" he asked. "Because they're fussy and demanding," answered Zee. "Because if they were men, they'd sit around and complain instead of getting the job done," I told him.”
“Curiosity did kill the cat, but I'm very curious.”
“It's a very charming movie about the mob - a real stretch for me.”
“I'm really lucky with the people around me. They know me, so they don't confuse the issues, really. They know what a book is and they know who I am and they know the difference between the two.”
“I enjoy thinking myself into other times and places. I don't like some of the conventions of the 'historical novel', but I think there's a way of doing it that has a lot of merit.”
“I was nervous. I mean, I'd met the Beatles, and Elvis, and everybody, but this was Salvador DalÃ . This was like my history.”
“Fairy tales lie just as much as statistics do, but sometimes you can find a grain of truth in them.”
“I remember watching Looney Tunes cartoons and having the music stuck in my head.”

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